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Born and raised in Zambia, Dambisa Moyo received a Ph.D. in economics from Oxford University and a masters from Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government. A former consultant for the World Bank, Moyo worked for Goldman Sachs for eight years. In 2009 she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and was nominated to the World Economic Forums Forum of Young Global Leaders. Her writing regularly appears in economic and finance-related publications such as the Financial Times, The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. Her first book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (FSG, 2009), was a New York Times bestseller. In February of 2011, FSG will publish...more

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Average rating: 3.45 · 1,076 ratings · 177 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson (Foreword) 3.46 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	My rating:
	How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly--and the Stark Choices Ahead 3.32 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Enjo Ja Afurika Wa Hatten Shinai by Dambisa Moyo, 小浜裕久 (翻訳) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Winner Take All: The Race for the World's Resources 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly - And the Stark Choices Ahead 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	La Carità Che Uccide: Come Gli Aiuti Dell'occidente Stanno Devastando Il Terzo Mondo 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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“In a perfect world what poor countries at the lowest rungs of economic development need is not a multi-party democracy, but in fact a decisive benevolent dictator to push through the reforms required to get the economy moving”
― Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

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“I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.”
― Dambisa Moyo

tags: capitalism-aid-africa

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